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title: "6 Member State Quotes by 5 authors"
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> [For all its shortcomings, European co-operation and integration has created an understanding of shared destiny. We no longer point guns at each…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frans-timmermans/for-all-its-shortcomings-european-co-operation-and-integration-has/)

[Frans Timmermans](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frans-timmermans/)

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> [No country can become an E.U. member state if it introduces the death penalty.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federica-mogherini/no-country-can-become-an-e-u-member-state-if-it-introduces-the-death/)

[Federica Mogherini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federica-mogherini/)

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> [An enlarged Union based on Nice is not in the interest of any Member State ... This is not a threat. This…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/joschka-fischer/an-enlarged-union-based-on-nice-is-not-in-the-interest-of-any-member/)

[Joschka Fischer](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/joschka-fischer/)

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> [The Czech Republic is a dynamic United Nations Member State, active on the Human Rights Council, contributing to the peaceful settlement of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ban-ki-moon/the-czech-republic-is-a-dynamic-united-nations-member-state-active-on/)

[Ban Ki-moon](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ban-ki-moon/)

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> [As long as a member state is a member state, there are no negotiations bilaterally on any trade agreement with third parties.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/federica-mogherini/as-long-as-a-member-state-is-a-member-state-there-are-no-negotiations/)

[Federica Mogherini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/federica-mogherini/)

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> [As a European Union member state, as a country committed throughout all its history to the fight for the values that I…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/julian-assange/as-a-european-union-member-state-as-a-country-committed-throughout/)

[Julian Assange](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/julian-assange/)

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